Ajay Devgn loves to have his malt every day, but claims that he doesn’t go beyond one or two glasses of 30 ml anymore. That’s quite a progress from his earlier days when he was quite a heavy drinker. Devgn even turned sober for a month after going to a wellness spa before switching from vodka to malt, and heavy drinking to 1-2 glasses a day.
“Being very honest, I don’t hide what I do. I used to drink quite a bit. And I’d reached a point where I could tell people that alcohol isn’t for those who don’t drink at all. It’s fine for people who drink in limitations. So, I was somewhere more than where I should be. So, I went to a wellness spa and stopped drinking,” Devgn told SCREEN recently.
While he initially consumed vodka copiously, he’s now switched to malt. “At that time, I didn’t use to have malt at all. Now, I’ve started enjoying my malt. It’s like not even drinking for me. It’s like a routine which calms you, relaxes you. It’s just 30 ml with your food, maybe two 30 mls, but I’ve never crossed that limit since. It’s practically like not drinking, but you just enjoy it,” added Devgn. The malt Devgn consumes now is of a premium, limited-edition quality as a bottle costs somewhere around Rs 60,000.
Last year, on The Ranveer Show, Devgn revealed how he has a “problem,” where he doesn’t get high irrespective of how much alcohol he’s consumed. “Mera ek problem hai. Mujhe jitni bhi pila do, peene ke baad chadhti nahi hai. (I have a problem. No matter how much you make me drink, I don’t get high after that), said Devgn.
“Jo peeta hai (whoever drinks), he should be happy after drinking. Warna usko peena nahi chahiye. Aise kai log mil jaate hain jo na aggressive ho jaate hain peene ke baad ya boring ho jaate hai, itna pakate hain. Voh nahi handle hota.” (Otherwise he shouldn’t drink. I come across such people who either get aggressive or boring after drinking, they bore me a lot. I can’t handle that), Devgn added. On the same podcast, Devgn revealed he began drinking at the age of 14, thanks to peer pressure. “It’s something that becomes a habit after a while,” he said, adding, “Once I started, I found it difficult to stop.”
On the work front, Devgn was last seen in Vijay Kumar Arora’s comedy Son of Sardaar 2 a couple of months ago. He’ll next be seen in another sequel, Anshul Sharma’s romantic comedy De De Pyaar De 2, in which he’ll reprise his role of Ashsih Mehra, a 50-year-old man who falls in love with a woman almost half his age, Ayesha (Rakul Preet Singh).
